(Cleveland) — The White County Coroner’s Office has released the name of the person killed in a residential fire this past Saturday. White County Deputy Coroner Josh Barrett said 76-year-old Frances Sutton died as a result of the fire on Tom Bell Road at McGee Drive.
The fire was reported at 5.52 on Saturday, January 18.
Arriving White County Fire Service crews initiated an aggressive search for an entrapped individual while subsequent arriving units worked to suppress the fire and support search operations.
Bryce Barrett, White County Public Safety spokesperson said, “The entrapped individual was located inside the structure but had succumbed to their injuries.
The coroner’s office withheld releasing the victim’s name until positive identification could be made.
The State Fire Marshal’s office is conducting an exhaustive investigation of the blaze. No additional information is available from the fire marshal’s office.
